A woman is charged with fraud by abuse of her position which allegedly involved transferring funds from accounts set up by eleven couples for their wedding days at one of Northern Ireland's top hotels.

Nicola Currell, of Coastguard Cottages in Glenarm on the Antrim coast, is charged with committing the fraud at the prestigious Galgorm Resort and Spa outside Cullybackey near Ballymena.

Currell, 39, faces 11 charges that whilst occupying a position in which she was expected to safeguard or not to act against the financial interests of Galgorm Resort and Spa she dishonestly abused that position.

That alleges that she made an unauthorised transfer or transfers of funds from a Galgorm Resort and Spa wedding account in the names of couples to other wedding accounts held by the venue, with the intention, to make a gain for herself.

She also faces a 12th charge of transferring criminal property. The charges relate to dates between 2008 and 2011.

The accused's case was mentioned at Ballymena Magistrates Court on Thursday but a preliminary enquiry to send the case to the Crown Court was postponed until January.

Defence lawyer Aaron Thompson said his client is a single parent who recently gave birth and was "breastfeeding" a child and could not be in attendance at court.